60 FOBMICIDJE. 



07. Lobopelta aspera, Amlre, Rev. d'Ent. viii (1889), p. 222, ; Forel, 

 Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 305, . 



$ . Black, shining, the mandibles, antennae and legs dark 

 castaneous, the flagellum and the tarsi somewhat paler in colour ; 

 head, thorax and abdomen clothed sparsely with short erect pale 

 hairs. Head rectangular, as broad posteriorly as in front, finely 

 striate, the striae longitudinal between the antennal carinae and 

 the sides of the head and on the cheeks, and slightly more distinct, 

 coarser and transverse on the front ; mandibles long, narrow, 

 punctured, the masticatory margin very oblique and feebly dentate ; 

 clypeus narrow, longitudinally striate, the lobe with a medial 

 vertical sharp carina ; antennal carinae sublarninate, very close 

 together and punctured ; antennae filiform, pubescent, the scape 

 finely punctured, somewhat short, not extending much beyond the 

 top of the head, the 2nd joint of the flagellum longer than the 1st ; 

 eyes placed low on the third anterior portion of the sides of the 

 head. Thorax rugosely I'etictilate, not emarginate, the pro-meso- 

 notal suture well marked, the meso-metanotal suture indicated 

 above by a short transverse depression; legs long, slender. 

 Node of pedicel cylindro-cubical, rugosely sculptured, about as 

 broad as long ; abdomen with the 1st and base of the 2nd seg- 

 ment rugose, the remainder smooth and shining. 



Length, 6-6' 75 mm. 



Uab. The Southern Shan States, at 5000 feet (Thompson)- 

 Aunam. 



68. Lobopelta kitteli, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx (1870), 

 p. 966, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), pp. 306 & 

 312, . 



$ . Black ; the mandibles, antennae and femora and tibiae of the 

 legs castaneous red, the apex of the lobe of the clypeus, the tarsi 

 and the apex of the abdomen testaceous, shining ; head, thorax 

 and abdomen clothed with a sparse, erect, pale pilosity ; pubes- 

 cence entirely absent. Head broadly oval, almost as broad poste- 

 riorly as in front, very finely and regularly longitudinally striate, 

 shining with a silky lustre ; mandibles comparatively broad, linear, 

 flat, their inner and outer sides parallel, above finely longitudinally 

 striate ; clypeus large, convex, but not carinate anteriorly, angu- 

 larly produced ; antennal carina? short, laminate, very close together; 

 antennae filiform, stout, pubescent, the scape passing the top of 

 the head by about one-fourth of its length ; the 2nd joint of the 

 flageilutn slightly longer than the 1st. Thorax elongate, viewed 

 from the side emarginate above; the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal 

 sutures very deeply marked ; pro-, meso- and metanotum very 

 finely longitudinally striate, the stria? on the pronotum arched in 

 front ; apical face of the metanotum broadening towards the base 

 and rather more coarsely transversely striate ; legs stout, elongate, 

 pubescent. Node of pedicel rugose, in certain lights appearing 

 transversely striate ; abdomen cylindrical, very smooth, shining 

 and polished ; sting largely exserted. 



